Redding, CA

Redding property owners must maintain 100 feet of defensible space around every habitable structure under California Public Resources Code Section 4291 (State Responsibility Area) and…

Redding bans new bulk liquefied-petroleum-gas storage anywhere inside city limits except in the G-1 and H-1 industrial zones, where it is allowed only with an approved use permit…

Every permitted short-term rental in Redding, whether a hosted homestay or a full vacation rental, must keep working smoke and carbon monoxide detectors installed under Redding…

Large portions of Redding, particularly west of Interstate 5, around Lake Redding, Mary Lake, Buckeye, and the Sacramento River canyon, are mapped as Local Responsibility Area Very…

Redding bans burning uncut vegetation or weeds outright and requires a fire-code-official permit for any bonfire, limiting most open burning to a door-yard window the Shasta County Air…

Redding bans possessing, transporting, discharging, or igniting any firecrackers, sky rockets, or fireworks of any kind within city limits unless the person first obtains a city…

A backyard fire pit used only for cooking, warmth, or ambience counts as a 'campfire' under County Code Section 8.08.010 and is exempt from Shasta County's outdoor burning permit…

On-street parking in Redding is governed by Redding Municipal Code Chapter 11.24 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) together with the California Vehicle Code. The City does not impose a…

Redding requires residential driveways up to 150 feet long to be paved end-to-end with asphalt, concrete or chip-and-seal under Section 18.41.080(B). Longer driveways can get a paving…

Redding bars recreational vehicles, campers, boats and trailers from sitting in a residential front-yard or street-side setback under Municipal Code Section 18.31.030(8), though owners…

Redding does not impose a citywide overnight parking ban on passenger vehicles. On most residential streets, vehicles may park overnight provided they do not remain in one place for…

Redding adopts the California Building Standards Code and the California Green Building Standards Code (CALGreen) under Redding Municipal Code Title 16. New one- and two-family…

Redding Municipal Code Section 11.24.070 bars parking a commercial vehicle or trailer weighing 10,000 pounds or more, or longer than 25 feet, in a residential district or on any street…

Redding Municipal Code Section 11.24.120 caps loading-zone stops at three minutes for passengers and twenty minutes for materials once the city council designates a zone by resolution…

Redding Municipal Code Section 11.24.350 lets the city council create a residential parking permit district when non-resident parking blocks eighty-five percent of a predominantly…

Abandoned and inoperable vehicles in Redding are handled under Redding Municipal Code Chapter 11.24 (Stopping, Standing and Parking) and the City's nuisance-abatement framework, with…

California doesn't ban private-property towing, but Vehicle Code Section 22658 controls how it happens. A posted sign at least 17 by 22 inches must warn drivers before a tow company…

Redding allows accessory dwelling units by right on any lot zoned RL, RE, RS, RM, GO, GC, GC-VR, DCD, or DMUD under Municipal Code Section 18.43.140. An ADU does not count toward…

Redding lets homeowners build sheds under 120 square feet without a building permit under Section 18.43.020(C), but they still can't sit in a front or street-side setback. Bigger…

Redding removes the one-thousand-square-foot ADU size cap when the unit is a converted accessory structure. Municipal Code Section 18.43.140(F)(2)(b) allows a converted garage or…

Redding requires the property owner to live on-site if the lot has a junior accessory dwelling unit, but not if the lot has only a standard accessory dwelling unit. Municipal Code…

Redding bans short-term rentals of accessory dwelling units outright. Municipal Code Section 18.43.140(I)(1) sets a thirty-day minimum lease for any unit on a property developed with…

Redding requires every short-term rental to get city approval before operating: hosted homestays need a Letter of Determination from the Development Services director, while whole-home…

Redding caps hosted homestay rentals at one hundred eighty days per calendar year per property, and separately limits the entire city to no more than four hundred vacation rental…

Redding short-term rental permits must specify on-site parking spaces for tenants, with at least two spaces required in the primary driveway or another on-site location, no street…

Redding short-term rental guests pay a 10% transient occupancy tax under Chapter 4.12, and operators must also hold a City business license and print their TOT and business license…

Redding caps short-term rental occupancy at two persons per rented bedroom under RMC 18.43.180. A vacation rental cannot be rented to multiple separate parties at the same time. The…

Redding requires every short-term rental's house policies to enforce outdoor quiet hours between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00 a.m., banning outdoor activity during that window, and separately…

Redding limits its 'hosted homestay' permit to an owner-occupied home where the property owner both applies and lives, while its separate whole-home vacation rental permit, capped…

Redding's hosted homestay rules require the property owner to be the permit applicant and to actually occupy the home while paying guests rent rooms, with narrow exceptions only for…

Shasta County requires liability insurance for whole-house vacation rentals. Under Section 17.88.230(H)(2), before a vacation rental permit is approved the property owner must provide…

Redding caps most households at six dogs or six cats, or any combination totaling six, once each animal passes four months old, unless the owner holds a kennel license under RMC §…

Within Redding's two designated wild bird sanctuaries, Turtle Bay and Turtle Bay East, it is unlawful at any time to hunt, trap, kill, or destroy any bird or to molest or damage a nest…

Redding zones pet grooming under its 'Animal Sales and Services' use classification, which also covers boarding and small-animal medical care run as a commercial business. Section…

Redding Zoning Ordinance Section 18.43.040(I) provides that the keeping of exotic or wild animals may be permitted only subject to issuance of a site development permit and any…

Redding zones veterinary care under two classifications in its commercial districts: "Animal Sales and Services," permitted in Shopping Center, Regional Commercial, General Commercial…

Letting any animal run loose in Redding is a declared nuisance and a misdemeanor under RMC § 7.04.050, unless the animal stays on private property under its owner's exclusive control…

Redding bars anyone from feeding cats outdoors by leaving food on the ground or in containers on public property, and even on private land food can only go out for cats the household…

Redding lets residents keep chickens, ducks, geese and other fowl, but only 40 feet from any occupied dwelling other than their own, 15 feet from side and rear lines, and 50 feet from…

Redding does not have a breed-specific dog ordinance and cannot enact one. California Food and Agricultural Code Section 31683 expressly preempts local breed bans: cities and counties…

Redding does not ban pet stores from selling dogs, cats or other animals: RMC § 7.04.160 only bars selling, bartering or giving away animals on streets, sidewalks, trails, or in front…

Redding has no general pet microchip mandate, but once a dog is formally classified dangerous after an administrative hearing, its owner has ten business days to implant an…

Redding lets residents keep up to three bee colonies at home if the lot has at least 6,000 square feet, but the keeper must first get a zoning clearance from the Development Services…

California law makes it illegal to knowingly feed big game mammals, deer, elk, pronghorn antelope, black bear, and Nelson bighorn sheep, anywhere in the state. The California…

Redding treats a habitually barking, howling or screeching animal as a public nuisance under RMC § 7.04.090. Noise that runs continuously for ten minutes, or intermittently for thirty…

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.24.030 requires every motorcycle, motor-driven cycle, ATV, go-cart, or minibike ridden off an improved street to run a constantly maintained muffler…

Redding cuts its allowable noise level at night: Schedule 18.40.100-A drops the residential exterior limit from 55 decibels in the daytime to 45 decibels between 10:00 p.m. and 7:00…

Redding Municipal Code § 2.56.060 requires a park facilities reservation permit for any amplified speech or music in a city park, caps volume at 75 decibels measured 50 yards out, and…

Redding caps exterior noise by zone and time of day under Section 18.40.100. Residential property lines can't take more than 45 dB at night and 55 dB by day; office and commercial…

RMC 18.40.100(F)(3) restricts domestic power tools - including leaf blowers and lawn and garden equipment - across residential or commercial property lines. Use is prohibited 10:00…

Unincorporated Shasta County has no county-wide ordinance fixing construction hours. Construction timing is controlled project-by-project through use permits and environmental review…

Aircraft flight operations are regulated by the FAA, not Shasta County. The County manages aircraft noise indirectly by guiding compatible land uses around airports such as Redding…

Redding limits residential fences to three feet in a required front yard or within ten feet of a street-side property line, six feet elsewhere, and seven feet along an interior side or…

Redding's Zoning Code (RMC §18.40.180) regulates fence height, location, and materials, but private boundary-fence disputes are governed by California Civil Code §841 - the Good…

Redding bans anyone from placing, using or maintaining barbed wire on a fence that fronts a public lane, alley, avenue, street, highway, sidewalk, crosswalk, park or place, under…

Routine residential fences need no county building permit, but the California Building Code requires a building permit for any fence over 7 feet tall. A use permit from Planning is…

Redding bars customers or clients from visiting a home business at all, with one narrow exception: Municipal Code Section 18.43.110(A)(7) allows up to two clients at a time for…

Redding bans on-site advertising for any home occupation. Municipal Code Section 18.43.110(A)(13) allows only one narrow exception: a commercial vehicle already permitted at the…

Redding's zoning code lists family day care homes as an outright permitted use, not a conditional one, in every residential zoning district. Schedule 18.31.020-A designates both…

Redding allows a home-based business in every residential zoning district, but only under Municipal Code Section 18.43.110's standards. The activity must produce no exterior evidence…

Government Code section 51035 forbids any California city, county, or city and county from prohibiting a cottage food operation in a residential dwelling. The local agency must pick…

California lets home cooks sell meals from their own kitchen under a microenterprise home kitchen operation (MEHKO) permit, capped at 30 meals a day, 90 a week, and $100,000 in annual…

Redding requires a tree removal permit before anyone kills, destroys, or removes a tree over six inches in trunk diameter, developed lot or vacant land, under Municipal Code Section…

Trimming a tree on private property in Redding generally does not require a City permit so long as the work does not effectively kill the tree or breach the City's tree-management…

The Redding Water Utility currently operates at Stage 1 - Year-Round Conservation, which is voluntary, with an odd/even outdoor watering schedule and prohibitions on hosing hardscapes…

Weed control in Redding is driven first and foremost by California fire law. Public Resources Code §4291 requires 100 feet of defensible space around any structure in or adjacent to a…

Since January 2024, all City of Redding residents are required by California Senate Bill 1383 (Lara, 2016; Public Resources Code §42652+) to separate food scraps, food-soiled paper…

Since SB 676 took effect in 2024, Government Code 53087.7 protects only drought-tolerant living landscaping from local bans, so cities may again prohibit artificial turf. Civil Code…

AB-1572 prohibits using potable water to irrigate non-functional turf at commercial, institutional, and HOA-common areas, accelerating native and low-water landscape conversions…

The 2012 Rainwater Capture Act allows California residents to capture rainwater from rooftops for non-potable outdoor use without a state water-right permit, preempting most local…

Redding pool owners must comply with a stack of safety rules: (1) California Electrical Code §680.9 - overhead conductors must clear the pool by 22.5 feet (10 feet for phone/cable)…

Redding requires a building permit to install any in-ground swimming pool, per the California Building Code as adopted by the City. Aboveground pre-fabricated pools no greater than…

Redding limits building height in every "RE" and "RS" single-family zone to 35 feet, and allows up to 45 feet in the "RM-6" through "RM-18" multifamily districts and 50 feet in "RM-20"…

Redding caps building coverage at 40 percent of the lot in every "RE" and "RS" single-family district, rising through the "RM" multifamily districts from 60 percent in RM-6 to 85…

Redding sets minimum yard setbacks by residential zoning district in Schedule 18.31.030-C: 25 feet in front in the "RE" estate districts, 15 feet in front in "RS" and "RM" districts…

Redding's 'FP' Floodplain Overlay District, adopted to keep the city eligible for the National Flood Insurance Program, splits every mapped floodplain into a floodway where development…

Redding bans discharging any pollutant into the city's stormwater conveyance system or receiving waters when it violates a receiving water limitation or the municipal NPDES permit. The…

Redding's Grading Ordinance requires a city engineer permit before clearing, grading, or importing or exporting earth material on most sites, with narrow exemptions for small…

New residential construction in Redding's mapped flood zones must have its lowest floor at least one foot above the base flood elevation under Municipal Code Section 18.51.080(D)(1)…

The California Coastal Act, Public Resources Code sections 30000 through 30900, requires Coastal Development Permits for nearly all work in the coastal zone and gives the Coastal…

Redding Municipal Code Chapter 1.15 (Abatement of Properties, Buildings, and Conditions) is the city's blight-abatement framework. It authorizes Code Enforcement to declare properties…

Redding has no codified snow-removal ordinance: measurable snowfall in the city core (elevation ~560 ft, Cfa/hot-summer Mediterranean climate) is rare. California Streets & Highways…

Redding's short-term rental ordinance holds that a city hosted-homestay or vacation-rental permit never overrides a homeowners association's separate right to enforce its own CC&Rs…

California HOAs may levy regular and special assessments, charge late fees and interest, record liens, and ultimately foreclose on delinquent owners under the Davis-Stirling Act. State…

California's Davis-Stirling Act gives every HOA member the right to inspect and copy association records under Civil Code § 5205. Boards must produce current-year records within 10…

California voids any HOA governing-document clause that effectively bans or unreasonably restricts a clothesline or drying rack in an owner's exclusive-use backyard. Civil Code Section…

Civil Code section 4735 voids any HOA rule that bans low-water plants, turf replacement, or artificial turf, and bars fines for cutting back watering during a declared drought…

Civil Code § 4745 voids any HOA covenant or governing-document rule that prohibits or unreasonably restricts installing an EV charging station in an owner's unit or designated parking…

Civil Code § 4705 bars every California homeowners association from limiting a member's display of the United States flag on their own lot or within their exclusive-use common area…

California law caps homeowners association fines at $100 per violation or the amount listed in the association's published penalty schedule, whichever is less. Civil Code section 5850…

A California homeowners association cannot foreclose on a member’s home over unpaid dues until the delinquent assessments alone reach $1,800, or until the assessments secured by the…

Civil Code § 4741 bars every California homeowners association from adopting or enforcing a rule that prohibits, or unreasonably restricts, renting out a separate interest, and sets a…

Redding regulates pawnbrokers under its secondhand vendor licensing law. Anyone buying, selling, or taking property in pawn must get a Chief of Police-issued license, submit to…

Redding requires a discretionary use permit for any adult entertainment business and bans operation between 2 a.m. and 7 a.m. under Section 18.43.030. Spacing rules keep these…

Anyone buying, pawning or reselling secondhand goods in Redding needs a police-issued license under RMC Chapter 6.30 before opening for business. Applicants and every financially…

Redding's home occupation ordinance boxes in any residential vehicle-repair work: Municipal Code Section 18.43.110 bars a business from operating out-of-doors, caps commercial vehicles…

Redding regulates massage businesses under Municipal Code Chapter 6.08, requiring every massage professional, owner, and operator to carry a CAMTC certification or Redding police…

Every tobacco retailer in Redding must hold a city-issued tobacco retail license under Municipal Code Section 6.13.030, separate from the general business license. Section 6.13.040(H)…

Redding charges a 10 percent transient occupancy tax on rent paid by anyone staying 30 consecutive days or less in a hotel, campground, or recreational vehicle park. Operators collect…

A Redding restaurant can only put tables on a public sidewalk with a license agreement from the director of development services under Chapter 13.25, and that license is limited to the…

Redding requires a park facilities reservation permit for temporary exclusive use of city parks, issued by the Community Services Director under Municipal Code Section 2.56.040. Larger…

Redding requires a temporary use permit for carnivals, fairs, festivals and farmers markets under Municipal Code Section 18.17.030(E), and pins each event type to a hard day count…

In Redding, closing a street for a block party requires a special event permit from the city clerk under Redding Municipal Code § 11.44.050, and the application is circulated to six…

The Redding City Council can designate official parade routes by resolution, but anyone marching an organized parade, even on one of those routes, must still file for a special event…

Redding gives residents an enforceable way to stop door-to-door solicitors: post a visible 'No Soliciting' or 'No Peddling' sign under RMC § 6.22.030 and it is unlawful for any…

Redding does not regulate solicitors through a content-based permit chapter. Door-to-door solicitors, peddlers, and handbill distributors must instead obtain a City business license…

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.50.020 bars anyone under eighteen from loitering on streets, parks, or other public places between 11 p.m. and 6 a.m. under Section 10.50.010's…

Redding Municipal Code § 10.20.030 closes every city park facility outside the days and hours posted for public use, and § 10.20.150(C) backs that curfew by banning vehicles from…

Redding Municipal Code Section 13.12.070 bans bicycling, roller skating, and skateboarding in any public area that is conspicuously posted against those activities, and the same ban…

It is unlawful in Redding to urinate or defecate on any public or private road, exposed private property, or public property not designated for that purpose, under RMC § 9.04.060…

Redding Municipal Code § 10.18.020 bans loitering or standing on any street, sidewalk or building entrance in a way that blocks pedestrians, and separately bans loitering in parks or…

Redding Municipal Code § 10.19.020 makes it unlawful to solicit, ask or beg in an aggressive manner anywhere in the city, and § 10.19.010 defines six specific behaviors, from blocking…

Redding Municipal Code § 10.20.080 bans smoking any substance, tobacco, marijuana or vapor, in or upon any city park facility, and separately makes it an infraction to leave smoking…

Anyone who controls a premises where a minor drinks alcohol or uses a controlled substance is liable under Redding's social host law, facing civil or administrative fines of $250…

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.25.010 bans drinking or carrying an open container of alcohol on public streets, sidewalks, parks, and other public property, and extends the ban…

Redding's amended fire code requires automatic sprinklers whenever a Group R-3 home addition grows the existing floor area by 50 percent or more, and forces any house that already has…

Redding requires all construction to comply with the 2022 California Building Code, as locally amended, and the building official will not perform an inspection, plan review, or issue…

Redding adopts the California Green Building Standards Code, 2022 Edition, as its citywide green building code, with one local amendment tightening the vapor-barrier and aggregate-base…

Redding enforces the 2022 California Electrical Code for all wiring, fixtures, and electrical installations citywide under RMC 16.06.010. Work must be permitted and inspected through…

Redding's building security code requires exterior doors on new and substantially remodeled nonresidential buildings to carry a single-cylinder deadbolt with at least a one-inch throw…

Redding requires daycare centers for fifteen or more children in RE and RS districts to sit on at least 20,000 square feet with 80 feet of frontage, cap buildings at 22 feet and one…

Redding adopts the 2022 California Plumbing Code as its plumbing code under RMC 16.05.010, but strikes the code's own fee sections and table so plumbing permit fees run through the…

Redding makes it unlawful to store or keep solid waste anywhere rats can reach or feed on it, treating every day the condition continues as a separate violation. The rule sits in the…

Dumping garbage, rubbish, or any nuisance matter on Redding streets, sidewalks, parks, vacant lots, or private property without consent is an infraction under the city's solid waste…

Redding requires automated refuse carts to sit within two feet of the curb on collection day, out no earlier than 12 hours before pickup and returned to a screened storage spot within…

Redding will not collect large household items such as refrigerators, washing machines, furniture, or appliances through ordinary cart service. Section 9.28.150(G) requires residents…

Every single-family home, multifamily building, and commercial property in Redding must maintain a subscription for regular solid waste collection from the city, or arrange permitted…

Redding collects tree trimmings, limbs, trunks, stumps, brush, and garden trimmings without a can, but only if each piece is under six inches in diameter, four feet long, and…

Redding operates a single-stream blue cart for recycling under Redding Municipal Code Chapter 9.28 (Solid Waste and Recycling), administered by the City of Redding Solid Waste Utility…

The City of Redding collects single-family trash once a week on a route-based day. Find your day by address using the city's Waste Wizard tool or Solid Waste app. Holiday weeks push…

Redding has not opted out of commercial cannabis: retail sales are legal citywide under a city license, but Municipal Code Section 6.12.390 caps the number of licensed cannabis…

Redding bars cannabis businesses from locating within six hundred feet of a K-12 school, public park, public library, or youth-oriented facility, and pushes that buffer out to one…

Health and Safety Code section 11362.2 grants every adult 21 or older the statewide right to cultivate up to six cannabis plants indoors, and bars local governments from completely…

Redding taxes businesses under Municipal Code Chapter 6.04, which sets a separate license fee for each named profession, trade, occupation, or business type instead of one flat…

Redding bans the retail sale of all flavored tobacco products citywide under Municipal Code Section 6.13.040(J), adopted in August 2025. Any tobacco product marketed with language…

California prohibits sale of tobacco and vapor products to anyone under 21 statewide under Business and Professions Code 22958, enacted by SBX2-7 in 2016. The Tobacco 21 standard…

Redding prohibits both traditional billboards and electronic message board signs outright. Under Section 18.42.080(B) and (D), freestanding off-site billboards and any sign that…

Redding allows only one freeway sign per qualifying parcel, capped at 400 square feet and 60 feet tall (70 feet with findings), and requires a discretionary use permit under Section…

Redding's sign code defines a window sign as anything placed inside a window or within twelve inches of the glass that is visible from outside, and it treats window-painted advertising…

Political signs in Redding are protected speech under the First Amendment and must be regulated content-neutrally under Reed v. Town of Gilbert, 576 U.S. 155 (2015). Redding's sign…

Redding requires all exterior lighting on new commercial, office and industrial development to be shielded so the bulb or tube itself is never visible from an adjacent property or the…

Redding's zoning code requires exterior lighting on commercial, office, and industrial properties to stay on-site. Under Section 18.40.090(B), every fixture must be shielded so its…

Redding allows residents to hold garage or yard sales without any permit, but caps them at three sales per twelve-month period, each lasting no more than three consecutive days, under…

Redding runs historic preservation through the "Local Register of Qualified and Candidate Historic Properties" set up under Municipal Code Section 18.23.030, tied to the Mills Act…

Redding grants density bonuses and zoning incentives to housing developments that set aside affordable units under Chapter 18.26, incorporating California Government Code Section 65915…

Redding does not single out particular tree species for protection. Under Section 18.45.030, any tree over six inches in trunk diameter, regardless of species, needs a city tree…

Redding requires a written permit before anyone plants, removes, or alters a tree in a street planting strip or public area. The parks foreman administers a council-approved…

Redding protects its oldest and most distinctive trees through a council-approved Landmark and Heritage Tree Plan defined at Redding Municipal Code § 13.40.010(H), and no one may…

Redding bans sitting on a commercial sidewalk, or on anything set on one, from 7 a.m. to 10 p.m. citywide in zones tagged NC, SC, RC, GC, GCVR, HC, SGD, UBD or CBD, under Redding…

Redding Municipal Code Section 10.40.010 bans camping on city-owned property, streets, parking lots, easements, creekbeds, and utility substations whenever overnight shelter is…

Food trucks in Redding need a Mobile Food Facility (MFF) permit from Shasta County Environmental Health under the California Retail Food Code (CalCode, Health & Safety Code §113700 et…

Mobile food vending in Redding is governed by Shasta County Environmental Health permits (state Retail Food Code, Health & Safety Code §113700 et seq.), a Redding business license…

Redding has no local rent control ordinance. Rent in Redding is governed by California's statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, Civil Code §1947.12), which caps annual rent…

Security deposits on Redding residential rentals are capped at one month's rent under California AB 12, effective July 1, 2024, codified at Civil Code §1950.5(c). Small landlords…

Landlords who rent out more than two residential units in Redding must hold a business license and pay an annual per-unit fee under Municipal Code Section 6.04.150. Owners of two or…

Redding has no local just-cause ordinance, so the statewide Tenant Protection Act of 2019 (AB 1482, Civil Code §1946.2) controls. After 12 months of continuous occupancy, a landlord…

California evictions run through the unlawful detainer process. Under Code of Civil Procedure § 1161, nonpayment requires a 3-day notice to pay rent or quit (excluding weekends and…

California landlords must keep rentals fit to live in. Civil Code §§ 1941 and 1941.1, reinforced by Green v. Superior Court, imply a warranty of habitability covering plumbing, heat…

California Civil Code § 1954 limits when a landlord may enter a rented home. Except in emergencies, abandonment, or with tenant consent, the landlord must give reasonable written…

California sets no fixed dollar or percentage cap on rent late fees, but a late fee in a residential lease is treated as liquidated damages. Under Civil Code § 1671, such a fee is…

To end a California month-to-month tenancy, a tenant gives 30 days' written notice. A landlord gives 30 days if the tenant has lived there under a year, or 60 days if a year or more…

California requires written notice before raising a month-to-month tenant's rent. Under Civ. Code § 827, increases of 10% or less in 12 months need 30 days' notice; increases above 10%…

California adverse possession requires five years of continuous, open, hostile possession AND payment of all property taxes during that period under Code of Civil Procedure § 325. A…

Redding administratively approves a permit for a small residential rooftop solar system, capped at ten kilowatts AC or thirty kilowatts thermal on a single or duplex home, once the…

Redding's building official must maintain a published checklist letting small residential rooftop solar systems qualify for expedited review, and once eligible, the project gets only…

California Civil Code section 714 makes any HOA covenant, deed restriction, or governing document provision that effectively prohibits or restricts a solar energy system void and…

Redding bans placing any obstruction on a public sidewalk, parkway, street or pedestrian mall unless the city has issued an encroachment permit. Potted plants, clocks, drinking…

Redding declares it a nuisance to place any obstruction in a public street, alley, parkway, sidewalk or pedestrian mall, though merchants get a two-hour loading window and a five-foot…

Redding allows card rooms only under a city council-issued license and caps how many gambling tables can run in town. Municipal Code Section 6.14.029 limits the city to twenty-five…

California Penal Code § 326.5 lets only tax-exempt nonprofits, mobilehome park associations, senior groups, and school-affiliated charities run bingo, and only under a local city or…

California law exempts private home card games from gambling regulation entirely. Penal Code § 337j(e)(2)(D) excludes any card game played in a private home or residence from the…

California has no legal sports betting, in stores or online. Penal Code section 337a criminalizes bookmaking, pool-selling, and placing or accepting any bet on the result of a sporting…

Shasta County channels farming into two zoning districts built to keep land in agricultural use: Limited Agriculture (A-1) for part-time and hobby operations, and Exclusive Agriculture…

The California Right to Farm Act under Civil Code 3482.5 protects established agricultural operations from nuisance lawsuits brought by neighbors who moved in after farming began. The…

Shasta County has no standalone noise ordinance. A data center's cooling systems and backup generators are held to the General Plan Noise Element standard (Table N-IV): 55 dBA hourly…

Shasta County has no dedicated data-center ordinance. In unincorporated areas a data center is treated as an industrial use and belongs in the Light Industrial (M-L) or General…

California sets a statewide minimum wage floor under Labor Code 1182.12, $16.90 per hour for all employers as of January 2026. Local governments are not preempted and may set higher…

California's Healthy Workplaces, Healthy Families Act under Labor Code 245-249 mandates paid sick leave for nearly all employees statewide. SB 616 (2023) raised the minimum to 40 hours…

California regulates concealed carry weapons licenses statewide under Penal Code 26150 through 26225. Senate Bill 2 (2023) imposes uniform sensitive-place restrictions and applicant…

California preempts most local firearm regulation under Government Code 53071 and Penal Code 25605, reserving licensing, registration, and manufacture authority to the state. However…

California broadly prohibits open carry of firearms statewide under Penal Code 25850 (loaded firearms in public) and Penal Code 26350 (open carry of unloaded handguns). The prohibition…

California prohibits carrying loaded firearms in vehicles statewide under Penal Code 25400 and 25850. Unloaded handguns transported in private vehicles must be in a locked container or…

Sobriety checkpoints are lawful in California and stopping at one is a statutory obligation, not a courtesy. Vehicle Code § 2814.2(a) requires a driver to stop and submit to a sobriety…

California is one of the few states that answers this by statute rather than by case law alone. Penal Code § 148(g) says that photographing or making an audio or video recording of a…

California has no general stop-and-identify statute. The old Penal Code § 647(e), which required a person lawfully detained to give "credible and reliable" identification, was held…

California has no statute that requires you to consent to a search of your car, and none that requires an officer to warn you that you may refuse. What the Legislature and the voters…

A low-speed vehicle in California may not be driven on any roadway with a speed limit above 35 miles per hour. Vehicle Code section 21260 permits it to cross a faster road only where…

California prohibits grocery stores and large retailers from providing single-use plastic carryout bags under Public Resources Code 42280-42288, enacted by SB 270 (2014) and ratified…

California restricts expanded polystyrene food containers statewide through SB 54 (2022) packaging requirements under Public Resources Code 42040-42081. The law mandates that…

California Public Resources Code 42270-42273, enacted by AB 1884 (2018), prohibits full-service restaurants from providing single-use plastic straws unless requested by the customer…

California works from a closed list: Vehicle Code section 24003 says no vehicle may carry any lamp or illuminating device not required or permitted by the code, so an accessory light…

California measures dash cam placement in square inches. Vehicle Code section 26708(b)(13) lets a video event recorder occupy a seven-inch square in the lower corner of the windshield…

Lane splitting is lawful in California. Vehicle Code section 21658.1, added by AB 51 in 2016, defines it as driving a motorcycle with two wheels in contact with the ground between rows…

California does not let you put a cover over your license plate. Vehicle Code section 5201(c) allows exactly two things: a full car cover on a lawfully parked vehicle, and a license…

No section of the California Vehicle Code makes it an offense for a private motorist to own, carry or use a radar detector. The prohibition in Vehicle Code section 28150 reaches only…

California permits metal studded tires only between November 1 and April 30, and only where the studs are tungsten carbide or another suitable material and the metal touching the road…

California never publishes a "legal VLT" for front side windows because it does not permit aftermarket darkening there at all. Vehicle Code section 26708(d) allows only clear…